Manchester Buddhist Centre

Part of the Triratna Buddhist Community

Manchester Buddhist Centre is part of the Triratna Buddhist Community, formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order or FWBO.

Each centre in this com­munity is fin­an­cially and leg­ally independent.

A registered charity

• The Centre is a registered char­ity (regis­tra­tion no. 514937). More inform­a­tion in our entry on the Charity Commission website
• We rely on dona­tions and con­tri­bu­tions and have many volun­teers

Mission state­ment from our char­ity registration

The advance­ment of the Buddhist reli­gion, in particular:

1. To encour­age mem­bers and oth­ers to live in accord­ance with the teach­ings of the Buddha
2. To sup­port ordained mem­bers of the Triratna Buddhist Order and other duly ordained Buddhists at the dis­cre­tion of the Council of Manchester Buddhist Centre
3. To main­tain close com­mu­nic­a­tion with, and work under the guid­ance of, the Triratna Buddhist Order and in co-operation with other groups with the same objects
4. To use applic­a­tions of the Buddha’s teach­ing to pro­mote the health and well-being of all

Our beau­ti­ful building

Visitors are wel­come to our Centre — you don’t have to be a Buddhist!

• Read more about the build­ing and its history

More inform­a­tion

• What is the sangha?
• Triratna’s web­site